Cops: Standoff suspect shot himself in the head

Man who fired gun inside home and refused to exit found in grave condition

Updated 8:54 am, Tuesday, January 8, 2013

A New York State Trooper blocks off vehicle access to Route 22 on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 in the Town of Hoosick, N.Y. Law enforcement were called to a home on Route 22 Sunday night for a domestic situation and Monday on morning a man fired a single shot inside the home. Police then blocked off the area and were forced into a standoff with the man who is unwilling to surrender his weapons or come out of the home. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

A New York State Trooper blocks off vehicle access to Route 22 on...

Two ambulances are stationed on Route 22 in case they are needed on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 in theTown of Hoosick, N.Y. Law enforcement were called to a home on Route 22 Sunday night for a domestic situation and on Monday morning a man fired a single shot inside the home. Police then blocked off the area and were forced into a standoff with the man who is unwilling to surrender his weapons or come out of the home. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Two ambulances are stationed on Route 22 in case they are needed on...

Members of law enforcement gather at the intersetction of Route 22 and Telford Rd on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 in the Town of Hoosick, N.Y. Law enforcement were called to a home on Route 22 Sunday night for a domestic situation and on Monday morning a man fired a single shot inside the home. Police then blocked off the area and were forced into a standoff with the man who is unwilling to surrender his weapons or come out of the home. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

Members of law enforcement gather at the intersetction of Route 22...

Members of law enforcement gather at the intersetction of Route 22 and Telford Rd on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 in the Town Hoosick, N.Y. Law enforcement were called to a home on Route 22 Sunday night for a domestic situation and Monday morning a man fired a single shot inside the home. Police then blocked off the area and are in a standoff with the man who is unwilling to surrender his weapons or come out of the home. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

HOOSICK — An eight-hour standoff between a man who had fired one gunshot and threatened to harm others ended Monday night after the man shot himself, authorities said. The man was in grave condition at Albany Medical Center Hospital late Monday.

The incident began around 10 a.m. Monday when Keith F. Gates, 44, of Hoosick, fired several shots from a long gun out the rear of a residence on state Route 22. When authorities arrived, Gates made threats toward himself and officers then refused to exit the residence, according to a State Police news release.

State Police crisis negotiators communicated with Gates for several hours, and members of the State Police Special Operations Response Team were deployed in the woods and area around the residence on routes 22 and 67 just west of Telford Road.

Entry to the residence was made around 6 p.m. with the use of robotic surveillance equipment, which located Gates in an upstairs bedroom with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to State Police. Police entered the house and began life-saving measures. Gates was taken to Albany Medical Center by Cambridge Valley rescue squad, where he is in grave condition, according to State Police.

Police had been called to the home Sunday night for a domestic situation, said State Police Capt. William Keeler.

During the standoff, routes 22 and 67 were closed to traffic from White Creek Road on the east to where the highways split to the west near the Grandma Moses farm. Traffic was snarled as vehicles detoured around the police scene through Hoosick into the neighboring town of White Creek in Washington County.

A State Police helicopter circled over the site several times before landing at the North Hoosick Fire Department. Ambulances were kept on standby near White Creek Road and routes 22 and 67 throughout the standoff.